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Recent Examples of padrone
Instead, much of this awkward English-language period piece focuses on peasants’ struggle to overthrow padrone control just after the First World War.
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Dennis Harvey, Variety, 2 June 2023
Dennis Harvey, Variety, 2 June 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for padrone
Noun
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The celebratory July 4 meal would certainly have kept the innkeeper, Daniel Smith, busy replenishing the finest bottles of Madeira from behind the locked bar—perhaps overhearing snippets of chatter among the delegates.—
Victoria Flexner,
The Atlantic,
9 Oct. 2025
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The innkeeper who greets the same families every season.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
9 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The Jac Lewis Foundation, created to honor Jac, who died by suicide in 2019, recently launched a mental health hub in partnership with the Welsh Rugby Union, of which the Prince is patron.—
Simon Perry,
PEOPLE,
10 Oct. 2025
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The staff and patrons of a liquor store attached to The Queenscliffe Family Hotel on Kangaroo Island in Australia were in for a shock when a furry customer made its way through the front door.—
Irene Wright,
Miami Herald,
10 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Many of his clients were small landlords—immigrant owners of two-family properties who relied on tenants to stay afloat.—
Eric Lach,
New Yorker,
9 Oct. 2025
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The center guides parties through community issues like noise but also conflicts with roommates and landlords.—
Gina Lee Castro,
jsonline.com,
8 Oct. 2025
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“Padrone.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/padrone. Accessed 16 Oct. 2025.
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